University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Twin Cities Area
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown